When your eyes have been opened, it’s hard to close them again… Crystal Crypt.
Maeve has unfinished business at Spellcrest Academy, but this time will be even harder than the last. Her needle is gone—her powers, nonexistent. In essence, she’s gone from one of the most powerful new students to the absolute weakest.
And it’s important for her to keep up with the rest of her class in order to remain enrolled—and she needs to remain enrolled in order to find the answers she seeks.
This sure as hell isn’t going to be easy.
Maeve’s journey continues in the breathtaking second book of the Spellcrest Academy series.
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Maeve had come back from the world of magic without anything, even her brother. No longer part of their world she was back with Ben, only he has a girl friend. She starts work at her old job trying to save money for some kind of future. Her only contact with magic was the occasional message from her roommates, Raziellem and Nym. After coming home from a New Years party, Maeve see an open portal and knows someone has come visiting. She sees Quin who takes some of her blood and leaves an open portal right in the middle of her living room.
This paranormal academy is the second book in the Spellcast Academy Series and it continues from where book one left off. Although you can read this book separately, I would strongly urge to read book one first as this series has a lot of characters and significant events that you see the consequences of in this book. The characters are well crafted, complex and interesting complete with strengths and foibles. The narrative is for Maeve’s point of view and allows the reader to glean insights into her formidable personality, emotions, decisions and actions. She is such an interesting character that it makes you engaged in the story and wondering what she is going to do next. The storyline flows along well and is filled with surprises, emotional drama, danger, lots of action and touching moments. What I like the most about this book is how the main character had to overcome her failings and learn to have confidence in herself. So far this is a great Academy series.
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I love this series so far. I love that it has magic and everything but a completely different take on it all. I love Maeve and I think shes strong for everything shes been through and now knows she has to face it head on and cant run away from what she needs to do.
Crestfallen by Michael Pierce is an amazing story that I had the privilege to read. This is book number two in this amazing series that I just can not get enough of since the first book. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about magic and fantasy in their stoires as much as I do.
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This book has a great storyline that flowed smoothly from start to finish. Having well developed and engaging characters kept it interesting.
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I enjoyed reading this book. The characters and story are well developed. I will read more from this author and recommend reading.
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We have mystery, action and suspense. We have all the characters from the 1st book back in this one. After Maeve toke off and Quin showed up in her friends apartment, she has to call the headmistress. What will happen? When she goes back without her powers what will happen? Can she get a little magic back? What about her brother, will she get hi. Back and forgive him? Can she trust her friends? Why is the Headmistress still on her back? Can she and Devon go further in their relationship? Can she get into Kicryria to find answers? Can she find Tarquinius and get her needle back?
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Crestfallen takes you immediately from book one, Spellcrest Academy, and straight into the action of book two. As usual, Michael’s natural talent of writing his characters with wit and personality will draw you into Maeve’s life as if you’re right in the story with her. All of her friends from book one is also in book two albeit some new characters added to create more intrigue and danger.
For me personally, Maeve has quickly become one of my favorite book characters. It took me awhile to get used to her snarky personality in Spellcrest Academy but the author cleverly writes the reasons why Maeve is the way she is. She doesn’t necessarily apologize for her quick tongue and abrasive behaviors, but neither is she cruel or mean. She’s just stuck trying to make the best of her life for her and her brother, Finley. In Crestfallen, Maeve has been deceived by her brother and is once again on her own. We do however, get a bit more insight into her best friend, Ben, who we don’t quite know yet if he has some romantic feelings for Maeve. At least that’s the vibe I got from him, lol.
Crestfallen is a very fast-paced read, much more so than Spellcrest Academy. There is basically non stop movement in every page and every action leads to another quite seamlessly – get it, seam, seamstress? 🙂 I don’t want to give away any spoilers, but Maeve was dead set on leaving the magical college and basically licking her wounds after the first book’s battle and ending. Having felt deceived and betrayed by her crush and the school, Maeve tries to get on with her life, although she wasn’t quite sure what that would be in the beginning of the story. No sooner had she started to settle in with Ben and his girlfriend, something happens in their apartment and she is instantly drawn back to Spellcrest Academy. From then on, you are also instantly drawn into her world and all the mishaps, misunderstandings, and mistrusts along the way. I truly felt for Maeve but was also rooting for her every step of the way.
I highly recommend reading book one, Spellcrest Academy to get a real feel of Maeve, her friends, enemies, and all the things that happened to her in book two, Crestfallen. Since book two takes place right after book one, you jump right into the story with Maeve, kind of like a soap opera where a cliffhanger always makes you want to get to the next episode! Yes, there is still a cliffhanger for Crestfallen, but that’s what makes this series so fun – you don’t want everything revealed all at once, do you?
Thank you again, Mike for this thrill ride of a series!
This book was so good I binged it all in a day. Michael Pierce really created characters I became invested in and needed to know more about. There are some new connections between everyone and they really made this story good. I was not expecting the turn at the end and am anxiously wondering what will happen in the next book. This series is a great and book 2 was even better than the first.
I must say that Mr. Pierce hit this one out of the park! Crestfallen is the perfect word for this book two in the Spellcrest Academy series. Maeve faces many challenges that will surprise you and keep you riveted to the pages. She is a headstrong and stubborn personality which gets her in and out of so many troubling situations. But the end of this book is staggering! It has me anxious and impatient to see what Mr. Pierce has in store for us in book three. I can hardly wait. This is a series well worth reading!
I enjoyed this book, maybe even a little more than the first book. This book picks up about a month after the last book ended. Maeve is couch-surfing at her friend Ben’s place. And his new girlfriend does not like this. She is also back working at her old job. Which Maeve doesn’t really like.
Maeve is trying to deal with the double betrayal of not only Devon but her very unlikable brother Finley. Since I didn’t want to give away any spoilers for the last book, I didn’t mention how much I dislike her whiney loser of a brother.
Maeve encounters an open tear when she returns from a New Year’s Eve party with Ben and Trish. She tries to get them to leave the apartment before the intruder knows they are there. That doesn’t happen and Ben and Trish get knocked out. Maeve gets involved in a fight with the intruder and they both end up with multiple minor injuries.
The intruder was there to get some of Maeve’s blood and re-enters the tear without closing it. Maeve is “forced” to call Devon to get his mother, the witch of Spellcrest, to come to Hollywood and close the rip. This evening starts a snowball of incidents/storylines that will evolve over the rest if the book.
Best part is that there will be another book, or more (?), to continue the adventures of our heroine, Maeve.
I received an ARC ebook to read and give an honest review. You will love this book. I did. Can’t wait for the next book.